My guess would be credential caching is on the machines allowing authentication and not on the units where it says the domain is unavailable. -----Original Message----- From: windows2000-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:windows2000-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Rob Sharp Sent: Friday, April 28, 2006 7:34 AM To: windows2000@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [windows2000] Logging onto Domain Morning all, I have what will probably amount to a fairly basic question but hopefully someone can kindly point me in the right direction. In our company we have people using laptops who use them in the office and out on site. Totally normal. When in the office they log on to the machine using their domain username and password, and specifying our domain name. Again, totally normal. When they are out on site with the same machine they _also_ log on to it with those same details. Now, I wouldn't expect that to work since the machine has no way of contacting our domain controller to verify their credentials. However it does seem to work fine. Is that normal..? This morning I had a call from one of these laptop users saying that when trying to login in their usual manner they are getting the message "Domain OurDomainName is unavailable" or something very similar. This is what I would have expected really since they are at home and not plugged into our system here. So, my questions are:- Is it normal to be able to login with Domain credentials when not physically connected to the network? How can I get this chaps normal domain login to function again without making him come into the office? Sorry if this is really basic stuff I should know already, but I'm just a general dogsbody support lackey. Rob ***************************** New Site from The Kenzig Group! Windows Vista Links, list options and info are available at: http://www.VistaPop.com ***************************** To Unsubscribe, set digest or vacation mode or view archives use the below link. http://thethin.net/win2000list.cfm ***************************** New Site from The Kenzig Group! Windows Vista Links, list options and info are available at: http://www.VistaPop.com ***************************** To Unsubscribe, set digest or vacation mode or view archives use the below link. http://thethin.net/win2000list.cfm